Barry Norgrove's Harriers claim

Former Kidderminster chairman Barry Norgrove claims directors rejected "mind blowing" investment.

Former chairman David Reynolds reclaimed the reins at a board meeting on Thursday, with Norgrove and vice-chairman Neil Savery standing down.

But Norgrove, who had run the club for 10 years, claimed the board turned down a big-money investor that he and Savery had hoped to sell to.

In a statement, Norgrove said: "I presented to the board information on a possible new investor to the club, who myself and vice-chairman Neil Savery have worked exhaustively over the past few weeks, including driving across the country, to bring to the table.

"Our main reason for doing this was for the fans of this football club, who deserve more. This new interest was willing to invest extreme amounts of money - amounts that have never been seen before at this club - which I believe would have been the sort of money needed to propel this club to the place where every fan's dream resides.

"A figure of £300,000 would have been injected in the initial stages alongside an additional £100,000 directly into the manager's players budget, followed by further funds for improvements and growth as the season progressed.

"This was what I'd been waiting for. This is why we'd been working so hard to find it.

"This is what is most disappointing about all of this. We so nearly got there. But now the dream has been lost."